The House Bipartisan Heroin Task Force held a roundtable on February 6, 2017 to hear from physicians and public health advocates about heroin and synthetic drug abuse. Topics covered how these drugs affect the brain, communication between doctors and families on treatment plans for drug abusers, the need for alternative pain medicine, and the potency of synthetic drugs.

Video of the full briefing can be viewed on CSPAN.

PEOPLE IN THIS VIDEO:

Lois J. Frankel
U.S. Representative (Former), [D] Florida

Patrick L. Meehan
U.S. Representative, [R] Pennsylvania

Don Norcross
U.S. Representative, [D] New Jersey

Brad Schneider
U.S. Representative, [D] Illinois

Ann "Annie" M. Kuster
U.S. Representative, [D] New Hampshire

Tom MacArthur
U.S. Representative, [R] New Jersey

Lisa A. Marsch
Director, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Center for Technology and Behavioral Health

Josh Rising M.D.
Director, Pew Charitable Trusts, Health Programs

Nora D. Volkow M.D.
Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse

Robert Corey Waller M.D.
Chair, American Society of Addiction Medicine, Legislative Advocacy Committee